Translation
Confucius said: "Only women and villains are difficult to cultivate. If you get close to them, they will be rude, alienate them and they will complain."
Comment
This chapter shows that Confucius despised women's thoughts. This is a consistent idea of Confucianism, and later it evolved into a male chauvinism of "men are superior to women" and "husbands are wives".
-"The Analects of Confucius, Yang Huo" only women and villains are difficult to support, and if they are close, they will not have grandchildren, and if they are far away, they will complain ". This is a whole sentence and cannot be read separately.
In Historical Records of Confucius' Family, Confucius' previous trip to defend the country was mentioned. Confucius "lived in the moon, and Linggong and his wife rode in the car, and the official Yong Qu took part in it, making Confucius take the second ride and parade around the city. Confucius said,' I have never seen a good virtue like a good color.' So ugly, to defend. "Let me roughly translate this passage. At the invitation of the King of Wei, Mr. Kong, a model worker in contemporary national education, came to visit and study in Wei. However, during this period, Mr. Kong suddenly found himself being cheated. People simply showed off his identity and raised himself. They didn't really support him to educate the people of Wei, especially the wife of Wei Linggong. In order to raise her own expectations, she publicly showed off and belittled Confucius. Mr. Kong was so depressed, you. Which is more important to you, your wife or me? After eating the dry vinegar himself, no one cared about him. Confucius was angry and said, "I have never seen a good virtue like a good color!" Throw it! I don't leave you here, but I have my own place! GO，GO，GO！” I packed my bags and left Weiguo. After I left, my mood calmed down. I remembered the bad thing that Weiguo's husband's wife was arrogant and chaotic, and I felt with emotion: "Only women and villains are hard to raise! If you are near, you will not be grandchildren, and if you are far away, you will complain. " Knowing these historical backgrounds and life experiences, Confucius' words are easy to understand. We know that the people he scolds are the kind of "raised" women and villains. Women are easy to say, but who can raise villains? Look at Confucius' trip to defend the country again, and everything will be understood. His words are not that he is crazy and suddenly scolds all women, including his own mother, but that he has a specific object, that is, Wei Linggong's wife Nanzi, who is the court feminist who "is not grandson when he is near, but resents when he is far away". How can you explain this last sentence? That is to say, if you, as a monarch, are too close to those harem women and sycophants who have no ability, they will get carried away, forget their identity and start to use your power to run amok. If you alienate them, they will complain again. In short, it is very troublesome. It is understandable that Confucius, who had never seen the struggle between women in the court before, said this, and his worry was not unreasonable. Before Confucius, da ji had lost his country and played vassal wars. Are these examples still few? After Confucius, eunuchs and villains were in power, and the chaos of the queen's consorts was repeatedly staged, which was countless. Therefore, our female compatriots, you should be clear that Confucius didn't lose his mind at that time and indiscriminately scolded all the women in the world. Don't wronged his old man's house any more ~ ~ Last question, then who misrepresented this sentence and oppressed our lovely female compatriots for thousands of years? As the saying goes, grievances have their heads, debts have their owners, and it is necessary to help Kong Old Master Q rehabilitate. Naturally, it is necessary to help women find a real culprit again, so that you can vent the resentment accumulated over thousands of years. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a so-called "great scholar" Dong Zhongshu, who strongly advocated that "a husband should be a wife". It was this guy who took a sentence from Confucius out of context and put a thousand-year shackle on the heads of Chinese women. Look at the "three cardinal guides" put forward by this guy in the book "Basic Righteousness": "The righteousness of husband and wife, father and son, is related to the yin and yang. The monarch is yang and the minister is yin; The father is yang and the son is yin; Husband is yang, wife is yin. The three cardinal principles of kingcraft can be sought from heaven. " This thing of his is a flattering work to please successive rulers. "The monarch is the minister's program" was accepted by emperors in past dynasties, and gradually formed a set of rules of feudal rule, while "the husband is the wife's program" was respected by men in past dynasties. What does this "outline" mean? If you are a minister, then you want me to die and I have to die! Do you know the power of this "outline"? Think about it, every woman in bad karma is a lovely and gentle and graceful lady before she gets married. Originally, she had equal status. When she got married, she had to live according to her husband's "outline" all the time. These three cardinal guides and five permanent members have bound China for many years and harmed many generations!